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Classification of building products in the German construction regulations in

correlation to the German DIN 4102-1 standard

German classification according to


Building products classification
DIN 4102-1
Non-combustible building products

A1
Building products -
non-combustible
A2

Flammable building products


Building products - hard to burn B1
Building products - normally
B2
burning
Building products - easily burning B3

Classification of building products in the German construction regulations Classification of building products in the German construction regulations
as compared to the classification of the European standard EN 13501-1 as compared to the classification of the European standard EN 13501-1 for
(excluding floor covering) floor coverings.

Additional requirements European classification Construction supervision


Building pro- European classification acc. DIN EN 13501-1
according requirements
ducts classifi-
No smoke No droplets DIN EN 13501-1 A1fl
cation Inherently flame-retardant
construction materials A2fl
Non-combustible • • A1
Construction material flame- Bfl - s1
building products
• • A2 - s1, d0 proofed to German standard Cfl - s1
A2fl - s2
B - s1, d0
• • C - s1, d0 Construction material flame-
Bfl - s2
Cfl - s2
A2 - s2, d0 proofed to German standard Dfl - s1
A2 - s3, d0 Dfl - s2
B - s2, d0 Efl
• B - s3, d0 Construction material flame-
C - s2, d0 Ffl
proofed to German standard
C - s3, d0
Building products
- hard to burn A2 - s1, d1
A2 - s1, d2
B - s1, d1
• B - s1, d2 Important:
C - s1, d1 Is is NOT possible to directly compare the DIN 4102-1 classifica-
C - s1, d2 tions to the new European classifications.
A2 - s3, d2 As a guideline, it is possible to find a correlation between the
B - s3, d2 construction regulation classifications (i.e. non-combustible, hard
C - s3, d2
to burn) and the European classification according to EN 13501-1
D - s1, d0
(as shown in chart).
D - s2, d0
• D - s3, d0
E
D - s1, d1
Building products Explanation of the abbreviations for flammability classification of building
D - s2, d1
- normally burning products (including floor coverings) according to EN 13501-1
D - s3, d1
D - s1, d2
D - s2, d2 Abbreviation Criteria Application field
D - s3, d2 s = Smoke smoke emission smoke emission requirements
E - d2 d = Droplets droplets droplet requirements
Building products fire behaviour classification for
F ...fl = Floorings
- easily burning floorings

Please note: Gerriets GmbH is not responsible for terminology or accuracy of information.
GERRIETS 01/2009

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